Finish your final draft of your course wiki by Thursday, Dec. 14. Here are the grading criteria:
Instead of a final exam, you will complete your own final-draft online Wiki Notebook of the grammar and writing work you have done throughout the semester and make a presentation of it to the class during one of the last two weeks of the course. This completed notebook will remain online as long as you like as your own personal resource about what you have learned or as a writing portfolio you can use when applying for future educational or career opportunities, programs, or jobs. This final collection of your work should be carefully edited and crafted in terms of punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, style, and professional appearance. It's due by Thursday, Dec. 14, the last day of final exams (25% of your grade).
For Tuesday, Dec. 5, choose ONE of your short or longer essays to project from your wiki on the classroom screen. You will read it out loud and then answer questions or comments from your classmates. Bring a small treat or drink to share with the class.
NO CLASS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21: Here's your homework for our next class on Tuesday, Nov. 28: Continue posting and illustrating on your own wikispaces all the writing you've done this semester. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS: No class this Thursday, Nov. 9. Instead use the time to finish the final draft of your argument essay. Make it 50/50, half your ideas and half research you do from other sources, including a quotation, a paraphrase, and a summary. Look at the "Model Argument Essay" on the sidebar page of our course wikispaces to get ideas for your own paper. Post it on your wikispaces by Tuesday, Nov. 14 when you're finished.
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
For Tuesday, Nov. 7, finish a one paragraph draft about an issue you're interested in learning more about. Put this in your class notes/personal notebook. In addition, add a quotation, paraphrase, or summary from an outside source which illustrates your point of view.
Begin brainstorming your own reflective essay about a topic like one of the following: study experience, travel, internships, volunteering, personal growth,
social action, religious or mystical encounters, or other meaningful projects or life events. As a guide, think about the writing tools we have studied so far: openers, hooks, subheadings, anecdotes, a creative title, “naming & describing” details, and shaping a central idea for each paragraph and for your entire essay. Study Aysel’s reflective essay as a good model for your own:
No class this coming Thursday. I will be at an English conference in Spokane. By Tuesday, Oct. 17, create your own wikispaces and post the final corrected draft of your personal profile essay on a sidebar page. If you happen to have problems, don't worry, we'll work things out at that upcoming class (Oct. 17). As always, you can email me a homework assignment, if necessary: tconrad@weber.edu.
By Tuesday of next week, October 3, post an edited paragraph on the discussion bubble for this sidebar page. Here are your two choices: 1) Your paragraph can be your own original anecdote, choosing one of the ten common kinds of anecdotes. 2) Or, as another option, you can post a final-draft analysis of one of the eleven anecdotes in chapter two, based on what you think about the anecdote's title, opening sentence, connected details, and central idea.
For Thursday's class, Sept. 28, post the final, corrected draft of your own personal profile on the "Personal Profiles" sidebar page. Upload your essay as a Word document link directly on that sidebar page (not on the discussion bubble). Before you post it, make sure you talk it over with your personal writing editor: your "mo [my] anam [soul] cara [friend].
For Thursday's class, Sept. 21, bring your first draft of your own personal profile, to show your classmates either on paper or on your digital device. You can use Kerry's personal profile (in the chapter one handout I gave you) as a model to help you think about how you'd like to develop your own paper. You don't need to post it anywhere, just keep it for now in your own personal paper or digital notebook.
ANNOUNCEMENT: BY TODAY'S CLASS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, COMMENT ON AS MANY OF YOUR CLASSMATES' "MY LIST" SENTENCES AS YOU CAN IN 30 MINUTES TIME. IF YOU FORGOT, GET THOSE COMMENTS COMPLETED BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
2) Think about your own personal editing partner you will choose. There is an ancient Celtic/Irish tradition called: “Mo Anam Cara" or "My Soul Friend," through which two kindred spirits initiate a friendship, sometimes with their own special kind of ceremony, and then continue it according to their shared interests and personal approaches. I have adapted the idea as a way for students to choose a writing partner to work with on their own time OUTSIDE class meetings. The two of you will share and comment on one another’s ideas and writing. You can decide how and when to meet: face-to-face, email, text, Facebook, tweet, blog, etc. Two famous writers, C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) and J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) met with a small group of other university friends at a pub called “The Bird and the Baby,” in Oxford, England to read and comment on one another’s stories and also just to have a good time together. They dubbed their group, “The Inklings.” In a similar fashion, I would like you to keep track of the activities of your pen-friend(s) in a notebook or journal of your own style or format, and I will ask you for updates from time to time throughout the course.
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Tuesday, October 29 Announcements:
Instead of a final exam, you will complete your own final-draft online Wiki Notebook of the grammar and writing work you have done throughout the semester and make a presentation of it to the class during one of the last two weeks of the course. This completed notebook will remain online as long as you like as your own personal resource about what you have learned or as a writing portfolio you can use when applying for future educational or career opportunities, programs, or jobs. This final collection of your work should be carefully edited and crafted in terms of punctuation, grammar, vocabulary, style, and professional appearance. It's due by Thursday, Dec. 14, the last day of final exams (25% of your grade).
For Tuesday, Dec. 5, choose ONE of your short or longer essays to project from your wiki on the classroom screen. You will read it out loud and then answer questions or comments from your classmates. Bring a small treat or drink to share with the class.
NO CLASS ON TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 21: Here's your homework for our next class on Tuesday, Nov. 28: Continue posting and illustrating on your own wikispaces all the writing you've done this semester. HAPPY THANKSGIVING!
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS: No class this Thursday, Nov. 9. Instead use the time to finish the final draft of your argument essay. Make it 50/50, half your ideas and half research you do from other sources, including a quotation, a paraphrase, and a summary. Look at the "Model Argument Essay" on the sidebar page of our course wikispaces to get ideas for your own paper. Post it on your wikispaces by Tuesday, Nov. 14 when you're finished.
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
For Tuesday, Nov. 7, finish a one paragraph draft about an issue you're interested in learning more about. Put this in your class notes/personal notebook. In addition, add a quotation, paraphrase, or summary from an outside source which illustrates your point of view.
Begin brainstorming your own reflective essay about a topic like one of the following: study experience, travel, internships, volunteering, personal growth,
social action, religious or mystical encounters, or other meaningful projects or life events. As a guide, think about the writing tools we have studied so far: openers, hooks, subheadings, anecdotes, a creative title, “naming & describing” details, and shaping a central idea for each paragraph and for your entire essay. Study Aysel’s reflective essay as a good model for your own:
No class this coming Thursday. I will be at an English conference in Spokane. By Tuesday, Oct. 17, create your own wikispaces and post the final corrected draft of your personal profile essay on a sidebar page. If you happen to have problems, don't worry, we'll work things out at that upcoming class (Oct. 17). As always, you can email me a homework assignment, if necessary: tconrad@weber.edu.
By Tuesday of next week, October 3, post an edited paragraph on the discussion bubble for this sidebar page. Here are your two choices: 1) Your paragraph can be your own original anecdote, choosing one of the ten common kinds of anecdotes. 2) Or, as another option, you can post a final-draft analysis of one of the eleven anecdotes in chapter two, based on what you think about the anecdote's title, opening sentence, connected details, and central idea.
For Thursday's class, Sept. 28, post the final, corrected draft of your own personal profile on the "Personal Profiles" sidebar page. Upload your essay as a Word document link directly on that sidebar page (not on the discussion bubble). Before you post it, make sure you talk it over with your personal writing editor: your "mo [my] anam [soul] cara [friend].
PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS AND RESOURCES:
For Thursday's class, Sept. 21, bring your first draft of your own personal profile, to show your classmates either on paper or on your digital device. You can use Kerry's personal profile (in the chapter one handout I gave you) as a model to help you think about how you'd like to develop your own paper. You don't need to post it anywhere, just keep it for now in your own personal paper or digital notebook.
ANNOUNCEMENT: BY TODAY'S CLASS, THURSDAY, SEPT. 14, COMMENT ON AS MANY OF YOUR CLASSMATES' "MY LIST" SENTENCES AS YOU CAN IN 30 MINUTES TIME. IF YOU FORGOT, GET THOSE COMMENTS COMPLETED BY TUESDAY OF NEXT WEEK.
ANNOUNCEMENT!!! Two things to work on before Tuesday's class on September 5th: 1) In your own personal notebook, write a paragraph giving your reactions to Beatriz's "My List." You will share your ideas with a classmate on Tuesday. Here's the Chapter One reading about "My Lists" that I handed out in class (in case you missed it):
2) Think about your own personal editing partner you will choose. There is an ancient Celtic/Irish tradition called: “Mo Anam Cara" or "My Soul Friend," through which two kindred spirits initiate a friendship, sometimes with their own special kind of ceremony, and then continue it according to their shared interests and personal approaches. I have adapted the idea as a way for students to choose a writing partner to work with on their own time OUTSIDE class meetings. The two of you will share and comment on one another’s ideas and writing. You can decide how and when to meet: face-to-face, email, text, Facebook, tweet, blog, etc. Two famous writers, C. S. Lewis (The Chronicles of Narnia) and J. R. R. Tolkien (The Lord of the Rings) met with a small group of other university friends at a pub called “The Bird and the Baby,” in Oxford, England to read and comment on one another’s stories and also just to have a good time together. They dubbed their group, “The Inklings.” In a similar fashion, I would like you to keep track of the activities of your pen-friend(s) in a notebook or journal of your own style or format, and I will ask you for updates from time to time throughout the course.PAST ANNOUNCEMENTS:
Announcement for Thursday, October 31 Class: If you have problems posting your writing on the Personal Profile 1.1 sidebar page, you can go ahead and email it to me: tconrad@weber.edu. Then make sure you see me during or after class on Thursday and we will find out how to solve your problem.
Tuesday, October 29 Announcements: